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Funny javascript date function

Whoever invented the javascript Date function, is/was a funny person. It goes like this:

var t = new Date;
var day = t.getDate(); // returns the actual day of the month; like 1-31
var Month = t.getMonth(); // returns the 0-based index of the month; like 0-11

So to get the real month value, you need to do

var Month = t.getMonth()+1;

Now Im sure theres a whole lot smart reasons for doing it like this. But its damn not logical. Why are days not 0-based? Or years? I guess its just to keep things complicated.

Anyway, then comes the getYear() and getFullYear(). Why did they ever create the method getYear()? I guess its to have me enter a blog post. :-)